单词 | rip current |
释义 | rip currentnounundertow (def. 1). Origin of rip currentFirst recorded in 1935–40 Words nearby rip currentriot squad, rip, riparian, riparian right, rip cord, rip current, ripe, ripen, rip entry, ripe old age, ripe rot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for rip currentrip current A strong, narrow surface current that flows rapidly away from the shore. Rip currents form when excess water that has accumulated along a shore due to wind and waves rushes back suddenly to deeper waters. Also called rip tide The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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